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Robyn Butler chats to us about her latest work, the film Now Add Honey, a comedy about societal pressure placed on women and girls.
Nowhere Boys producer Beth Frey reveals the unique challenges the creators of children’s TV face – and why we’ll be seeing a new cast in the third season.
Director Joseph Sims-Dennett channelled his own nightmares into Observance, a psychological horror that’s chilling audiences around the globe.
Writer/director Goran Stolevski and the lead cast of Of An Age reveal how they filmed the coming-of-age queer drama days ahead of schedule.
Ernie Dingo, Ian Thorpe and Julia Zemiro trace their roots back 200,000 years in the new SBS series DNA Nation.
Xavier Samuel was beckoned back by Belvoir Theatre. A year later, fortuitous timing has led to four features and a TV series shot almost back-to-back.
David Stratton reflects on the evolution of the Aussie film industry since the 60s, ahead of the release of documentary David Stratton: A Cinematic Life.
Film producers are always knocking on Screen Australia’s door because there’s money behind it.
Screen Australia is an investor in many of the Australian feature films that find their way into cinemas. The agency requires a sales agent – among other things – to be attached to each film so it has the best chance of being pushed out onto the world stage.
Securing an advance from an international sales agent against future anticipated rest of world (ROW) sales revenue could be a key factor behind whether enough money can be raised to enable a film to go into production.
Producer Jonathan M Shiff explains why Mako Mermaids is a standout success internationally – and why the local production environment for children’s television has badly deteriorated.
Australian LGBTQI+ stories and characters on screen.